The Business Times, 2 September 2016

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    22 1 THE BUSINESS TIMES A SINGAPORE PRESS HOLDINGS PUBLICATION www.businesstimes.com.sg @BusinessTimes MCI (P) 052/08/2016 S$1.20 CO REGN NO *****2868E GFriday, September 2, 2016
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    Lock icon DAILY DIGEST
    185 1 Currency volatility gives a big boost to Singapore’s foreign exchange market growth average daily trading volume jumps 35 per cent from three years ago to US$517 billion in April 2016. TOP STORIES 2 Offshore and marine company Ezion enters the oil product tanker business through a joint venture
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    Lock icon MAS kneads out refinancing knots posed by TDSR
    1159 1  -  Concessions broadened so borrowers of loans for homes and investment properties can get refinancing even when TDSR limit is breached By Jamie Lee, Kalpana Rashiwala leejamie@sph.com.sg kalpana@sph.com.sg @JamieLeeBT @KalpanaBT Singapore WITH 5-10 per cent of households here estimated to be highly leveraged,
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    Lock icon IE S’pore tightens focus on which firms to help expand overseas
    612 1  -  By Chuang Peck Ming peckming@sph.com.sg @PeckmingBT Singapore INTERNATIONAL Enterprise Singapore, in helping home-grown enterprises to venture overseas, is sharpening its focus more on firms that will create more jobs and add more economic value for Singapore. While the tighter
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    Lock icon MARKETS
    27 1 Thursday Change STI 2,816.47 -4.12 KL COMP 1,670.55 -7.51 NIKKEI 225 16,926.84 +39.44 HANG SENG 23,162.34 +185.46 SHENZHEN B 1,163.11 -0.76 DOW (10.30AM EDT) 18,344.55 -56.33
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  • TOP STORIES
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      Lock icon Singapore forex volume up 35% even as global tally slides
      961 2  -  Republic holds on to 3rd position worldwide after overtaking Tokyo in 2013; trade swells in G-10, Asia units By Siow Li Sen lisen@sph.com.sg @SiowLiSenBT Singapore CURRENCY volatility has given a big boost to Singapore’s foreign exchange (FX) market growth. Average
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      Lock icon PM Lee to visit Chongqing and Hangzhou
      724 2  -  Chongqing is home to latest Singapore govt-to-govt project; Hangzhou is venue of G-20 meeting SINGAPORE-CHINA TIES By Lee U-Wen leeuwen@sph.com.sg @LeeUwenBT Chongqing, China PRIME Minister Lee Hsien Loong will be in China for a four-day visit from Friday to Monday, his first trip
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      Lock icon CapitaLand’s Raffles City Chongqing on track, within budget
      778 2  -  CEO Lim Ming Yan says S$4.9b mixed-use project’s main selling point is prime location in Chaotianmen area By Lee U-Wen @LeeUwenBT Chongqing, China EXACTLY four years after breaking ground, CapitaLand’s massive Raffles City Chongqing project is on track and the first phase
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      Lock icon S’pore-Chongqing connectivity project making speedy progress: Chun Sing
      431 2  -  By Lee U-Wen leeuwen@sph.com.sg @LeeUwenBT Chongqing, China LESS than 10 months after its launch, the third bilateral project between Singapore and China has sealed cross-border renminbi financing deals worth more than US$6 billion and counting. These are mainly bond issuances and loans,
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      Lock icon Grab locks in Trans-cab’s pool of 7,000 drivers with exclusive tie-up
      440 4  -  It will provide Trans-cab drivers with training and subsidised smartphones; move comes as LTA is looking at levelling the playing field for taxi operators DIGITAL ECONOMY By Soon weilun soonwl@sph.com.sg @SoonWeilunBT Singapore RIDE-HAILING app Grab is making its first
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      Lock icon Kickstarter officially launches in Singapore and HK
      465 4  -  By Jacquelyn Cheok jaccheok@sph.com.sg @JacCheokBT Singapore KICKSTARTER, the New York-based platform which popularised crowdfunding, this week officially launched in Singapore and Hong Kong making it easier for entrepreneurs and creators here to start projects from their home cities. In a blog post on
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      Lock icon Singapore manufacturing PMI at 50 in August, below Asean’s 50.3
      422 4  -  Stabilisation after 7-month slide result of higher output and slowdown in job losses REGIONAL MANUFACTURING By Soon Weilun soonwl@sph.com.sg @SoonWeilunBT Singapore CONDITIONS in Singapore’s manufacturing sector in August stayed flat when compared to July, marking the first stabilisation after a
      Source: IHS Markit  -  422 words
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      Lock icon China’s PMI jumps in August, but private sector trails behind
      484 4  -  By Virginie Mangin btworld@sph.com.sg Beijing CHINA’S official Purchasing Managers’ Index (PMI) jumped unexpectedly in August, led by infrastructure in state-owned companies (SOEs), but analysts say weaknesses remain. The official index, more geared towards large SOEs than the private Caixin PMI
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      Lock icon Businesses to enjoy single corporate ID for govt e-services
      553 4  -  CorpPass will obviate need for multiple login IDs and relieve employees from having to use their own SingPass IDs for work By Jacquelyn Cheok jaccheok@sph.com.sg @JacCheokBT Singapore BUSINESSES in Singapore will soon be able to use a single corporate digital identity
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  • COMPANIES & MARKETS
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      Lock icon Ezion Hldgs wades into marine transport for oil products
      743 6  -  It sets up joint venture with Indonesia-based private equity firm Quvat By Tan Hwee Hwee hweetan@sph.com.sg @HweetanBT Singapore OFFSHORE and marine company Ezion Holdings has entered into the oil product tanker business through a joint venture in Indonesia. The Business Times
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      Lock icon SGX needs more than dual-class shares to woo tech companies
      741 6  -  HOCK LOCK SIEW BY JACQUELYN CHEOK jaccheok@sph.com.sg @JacCheokBT AS dual-class share structures appear to be one step closer to reality in Singapore despite all the arguments against such a move one key question is whether it will lead the Singapore
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      Lock icon UOB US$600m notes 7.3 times subscribed
      186 6  -  By Jamie Lee leejamie@sph.com.sg @JamieLeeBT Singapore UOB said on Thursday that its upcoming issue of US$600 million Basel IIIcompliant Tier 2 subordinated notes was about 7.3 times subscribed. The notes, which pay a coupon rate of 2.88 per cent, attracted an order book of
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    • CORPORATE DIGEST
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        Lock icon Straits Times Index
        99 6 JARDINE Matheson Holdings (JMH) will be added to the Straits Times Index (STI), while Sembcorp Marine will be removed, said ftse Russell on Thursday. The changes will be applied after the close of business on September 16 and will be effective on September 19. The next review
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        Lock icon DBS Group
        40 6 DBS Group Holdings has appointed veteran banker Shee Tse Koon as group head of strategy and planning. Mr Shee, 46, was most recently CEO of Standard Chartered Bank's Indonesia franchise. He will report to DBS CEO Piyush Gupta.
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        Lock icon Standard Chartered
        64 6 standard Chartered Bank has hired top HSBC banker Paul Skelton as global head of banking. Mr Skelton, a 30-year banking veteran with experience dealing with corporate and institutional clients in Europe, the Middle East and Asia Pacific, was the regional head of commercial banking for HSBC’s Asia-Pacific business.
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        Lock icon Julius Baer
        130 6 JULIUs Baer has appointed Bhaskar Laxminarayan, a Singaporean, to be its chief investment officer for Asia. Mr Laxminarayan, formerly CIO of Pictet wealth Management, will take on the role from September. Based in Singapore, he will also head the Asia investment management division. The move is an effort
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        Lock icon Pteris Global
        45 6 CATALIST-LISTEd airport support equipment provider Pteris Global will be delisted with effect from 9am on Sept 7, 2016. This was announced after Sharp Vision Holdings Ltd received a final level of acceptances of about 98.98 per cent for its voluntary unconditional cash offer.
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      Lock icon UOB fund invests US$25m in Vietnam hydropower firm
      241 6  -  By Cai Haoxiang haoxiang@sph.com.sg @HaoxiangCaiBT Singapore A PRIVATE equity fund backed by United Overseas Bank (UOB) is investing US$25 million in one of Vietnam’s largest privately owned hydropower companies, Bitexco Power Corp. UOB is investing through its private equity arm UOB Venture
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      Lock icon AusGroup bondholders set terms for nod to debt issue’s extension
      575 7  -  They want their debt secured, early redemption of some bonds and slight improvement in coupon rates By Anita Gabriel anitag@sph.com.sg @AnitaGabrielBT Singapore AUSGROUP noteholders want their bonds secured and are seeking a “small” early repayment to give their nod to
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      Lock icon Energy management made easy with Evercomm
      877 7  -  By Nur Sabrina Azmi nsazmi@sph.com.sg Singapore ENERGY startup Evercomm Uni-Tech Singapore came into being from two Nanyang Technological University (NTU) graduates’ passion to contribute to climate change. For 26-year-old Ted Chen and his co-founder 31-year-old Phyo Koko, their interest in energy savings and energy
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      Lock icon SIIC to buy 60% stake in HK firm
      171 7  -  By Cai Haoxiang haoxiang@sph.com.sg @HaoxiangCaiBT Singapore WASTEWATER treatment firm SIIC Environment said on Thursday that it will buy 60 per cent of Ranhill Water (Hong Kong) for 273.9 million yuan (S$55.8 million) in cash. The target company mainly provides wastewater treatment services
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      Lock icon SCCB: Slight uptick in business optimism, but cautious outlook holds
      421 7  -  By Kelly Tay kellytay@sph.com.sg @KellyTayBT Singapore WHILE business sentiments in Singapore have improved, overall optimism for the fourth quarter remains low, said the Singapore Commercial Credit Bureau (SCCB) on Thursday. In its latest quarterly Business Optimism Index (BOI) study, SCCB
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      Lock icon Three companies express interest in airwaves auction
      411 7 STRAITS TIMES ONLINE REUTERS Singapore THREE firms have formally submitted their expressions of interest to the Singapore telecommunications regulator to participate in an airwaves auction later this year that could usher in a fourth telecom operator in the city-state. Singapore currently has three
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      Lock icon STI / Catalist
      63 8 STI Catalist Straits Times Index Sept 1,2016 2,816.47 -4.12 (-0.15%) Current streak 5 days Day high 2,836.23 Day low 2,809.52 52-week high 3,083.07 (Oct 26, 2015) 52-week low 2,532.70 (Jan 21, 2016) FTSE ST Catalist index Sept 1,2016 432.23 -3.19 (-0.73%) Current streak 2 days Day high 437.65 Day low
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      Lock icon Stocks weaken ahead of key US jobs report
      644 8  -  Besides rate-hike concerns and earnings worries, brokers are unable to say what might be influencing sentiment STOCKS By R Sivanithy sivan@sph.com.sg @RSivanithyBT THE Straits Times Index (STI) on Thursday initially rebounded from three straight days of falls by gaining as much as
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      Lock icon STI STOCKS
      302 8 Stock name Close Change Day high/low 52w high 52w low PE Div yield Mcap Ascendas Reit 245 unch 247/244 257 209 6.3 6809.1 CapitaCom Trust 156 +1.5 158/155 159 127 5.5 4613.5 CapitaLand 307 unch 310/306 340 267 12.3 2.9 *****.9 CapitaMall Trust 216 unch 217/215 225 185
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      Lock icon MOST ACTIVE
      34 8 VOLUME APAC Strategic 130,915,000 Noble 87,831,600 HSI*****MBeCW*****9 63,614,900 Singtel 38,687,400 Vallianz 31,968,600 Market volume 1,416,123,000 VALUE Singtel 154,779,647 DBS Grp 52,459,653 Ascendas Reit 36,517,682 UOB 28,502,688 OCBC Bank 27,780,788 Market value 876,331,000
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      Lock icon SGX ETFS
      115 8 Most Active Fund Last sale +/-(‘000) Day high/low 52w high/low Buy/Sell Mcap STI ETF 286 446 289/286 314/254 286/287 DBXT MSPHILS US$ US210.6 -1.6 266 214.4/210 222.5/158.5 212.9/213.7 16.8 DBXT MSRussia US$ US203 -2 162 204/202 210/129 204/205 IS MS INDIA US$ US736 -14 115 738/732 772/575 735/737
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      Lock icon OTHER SINGAPORE INDICES
      77 8 Sep 1 VALUE CLOSE BT OB/OS -228.00 +9.00 BT CADI -*****.00 -50.00 BT 10-day MA -*****.00 -23.00 FTSE ST Mid Cap 677.89 +0.68 FTSE ST Small Cap 377.79 -2.39 FTSE ST All Share 692.36 -0.43 FTSE ST China Top 155.94 +0.23 FTSE ST China 188.13 +0.84 FTSE
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      Lock icon STI / FTSE ST All-Share
      35 8 STI FTSE ST All-Share FTSE ST All-Share index Sept 1,2016 692.36 -0.43 (-0.06%) Current streak 2 days Day high 696.15 Day low 691.42 52-week high 743.17 (Oct 26, 2015) 52-week low 625.37 (Jan 21, 2016)
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      Lock icon STI / MSCI EAFE
      33 8 STI MSCI EAFE MSCI EAFE Index Aug 31,2016 1,685.57 -3.38 (-0.20%) Current streak 1 day Day high 1,695.39 Day low 1,685.57 52-week high 1,779.25 (Oct 26, 2015) 52-week low 1,492.43 (Feb 12, 2016)
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      Lock icon SECURITIES TRADING SCOREBOARD
      186 8 MAIN CATL TOTAL Up Down Unch Up Down Unch Up Down Unch Multi Ind 5 8 2 1 0 0 6 8 2 Manufacturing 28 32 31 7 9 12 35 41 43 Commerce 13 22 11 2 3 5 15 25 16 Tpt/Stor/Comms 12 13 7
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      Lock icon SECURITIES TRADING TURNOVER
      123 8 VOLUME (‘000) VALUE (‘000) MAIN CATL TOTAL MAIN CATL TOTAL Multi Ind 17,563 10 17,573 41,336 2 41,337 Manufacturing 82,440 66,122 148,562 75,159 1,510 76,669 Commerce 117,192 33,605 150,797 70,135 652 70,787 Tpt/Stor/Comms 111,108 730 111,838 227,405 72 227,477 Finance 16,505 400 16,905 123,925 46 123,971 Construction
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      Lock icon GAINERS
      75 8 BY CENTS CLOSE UP 52w high/low DBXT Nifty US$ ***** 80.5 0.4 *****/***** Lyxor MS India US$ 1617 65.5 3.1 1617/1331 JSH USD 3249 34.1 0.8 3280/2524 DBXT E50 US$ 4512 30.0 0.5 5000/3918 DBXT MSEurope US$ 5438 30.0 0.4 5733/4770 BY PERCENTAGE CLOSE UP 52w high/low Blumont 0.2
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      Lock icon LOSERS
      75 8 BY CENTS CLOSE DOWN 52w high/low DBXT iBoxxSvEu US$ ***** -607.3 -1.7 *****/***** Hyflux 6% CPS 9595 -157.0 -1.6 *****/9200 SPDR S&P500 US$ ***** -125.6 -0.4 *****/***** DBXT MSKorea US$ 5736 -117.4 -1.5 5878/4629 GLD US$ ***** -98.3 -0.6 *****/***** BY PERCENTAGE CLOSE DOWN 52w high/low Saizen Reit 6.2
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      Lock icon UNUSUAL ACTIVITY
      82 8 VOL CLOSE($) CHANGE APAC Strategic 130,915.0 0.005 +0.001 +25.00 Saizen Reit 16,262.0 0.062 -0.067 -51.94 BlueSkyPower 547.8 0.115 +0.020 +21.05 Miyoshi 1,405.0 0.026 -0.004 -13.33 Southern Pkg 3.8 0.500 -0.060 -10.71 TMC Education 100.0 0.051 -0.009 -15.00 MegaChem 48.0 0.400 +0.025 +6.67 SUTL Enterprise 1,587.7 0.525 +0.035 +7.14
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    • BROKERS’ TAKE
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        Lock icon Katrina Group | Buy
        227 8 Katrina Group Buy Target price: S$0.43 Sept 1 close: S$0.325 DBS Group Research, Sept 1 KATRINA’S recent deal to place all nine brands’ food offerings with Foodpanda will help to expand its online business. Currently, the online business operates from three of its own Web portals for Bali Thai, Streats
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        Lock icon PACC Offshore Services Holdings | Hold
        242 8  - PACC Offshore Services Holdings Hold Compiled by Kenneth Lim Target price: S$0.29 Sept 1 close: S$0.30 OCBC Investment Research, Sept 1 ACCORDING to Upstream, PACC Offshore Services Holdings (POSH) is one of three leading the race to supply Brazil’s Petrobras with an accommodation and maintenance unit to run operations in
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      9 8 DATA I Sept 2 Singapore Purchasing Managers Index
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      Lock icon Sterling soars after stunning UK PMI data
      427 9 CURRENCIES REUTERS London STERLING jumped one per cent against the dollar and hit a one-month high against the euro on Thursday after data showing the British manufacturing sector staged one of its sharpest rebounds on record in August. The Markit/CIPS Purchasing Managers’ Index
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    • FOREX RATES
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        Lock icon INTERBANK CROSS RATES
        471 9 Sep 1 A$ C$ Rmb Euro HK$ Ind Rs Rupiah Yen Won RM NZ$ Pak Rs Peso S$ Rand Sfr NT$ Baht Pound US$ Australia 0.988 5.028 0.676 5.839 50.409 99.933 0.780 8.450 3.072 1.037 78.784 35.185 1.027 11.038 0.743 23.897 26.064 0.573 0.753 Canada 1.012 5.090
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        Lock icon INTERBANK CURRENCY RATES
        155 9 Sep 1 Against S$ Against US$ Currencies Bid Offer Bid Offer S$/US$ to one unit of foreign currency: Australian dollar 1.0269 1.0278 0.7524 0.7529 Canadian dollar 1.0399 1.0403 0.7621 0.7620 Euro 1.5190 1.5198 1.1130 1.1133 NZ dollar 0.9902 0.9911 0.7255 0.7260 Sterling pound 1.7927 1.7935 1.3135 1.3138
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        Lock icon US$/S$ FORWARD RATES
        22 9 Sep 1 S$ Bid Offer 1-month 1.3647 1.3654 2-months 1.3649 1.3653 3-months 1.3651 1.3655 6-months 1.3652 1.3658 Source: OCBC
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    • EQUITY BONDS WARRANTS FUTURES
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        Lock icon BONDS, WARRANTS, PREFERENCE SHARES
        201 9 Most active Sep 1 Prem Expiry Vol Conv Exer Disc Gear-Mths Company Last Sale +or-('000) Ratio Price ing Left HSI ***** MB eCW*****9 11.3 2.1 ***** 0.0 0 FTSEChinaA50 ***** MBeCW*****9 12.7 5446 0.0 3 OLS Enterprise W*****5 0.1 unch 5000 1 1 83 6.00 11
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        Lock icon MORGAN STANLEY CAPITAL INTERNATIONAL INDICES
        377 9 In local curr In S$ In US$ dy yr dy yr dy yr Aug 31 Index Change Change Change Change Change Change World Preliminary 1305.4 -0.2 2.2 -0.4 -0.7 -0.3 3.3 EAFE Preliminary 971.6 0.0 -4.1 -0.3 -5.7 -0.2 -1.8 Europe Preliminary 1393.1 -0.4 -1.4
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        Lock icon SGX DERIVATIVES TRADING
        396 9 Sep 1 OPEN HIGH LOW SETT VOL OP/INT FTSE CHINA A50 INDEX FUTURES Sep16 9830.00 9852.50 9762.50 9762.50 *****5 *****9 Oct16 9845.00 9862.50 9780.00 9770.00 1086 1102 NIKKEI 225 INDEX FUTURES Sep16 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 ***** *****1 Dec16 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 *****.00 3802 7966 MSCI TAIWAN
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    • BANK RATES
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        Lock icon INTERBANK RATES
        154 9 Sep 1 $S Offer Bid 0vernight 0.03 0.01 1-month 0.625 0.375 2-months 0.8125 0.6875 3-months 0.875 0.75 Overnight mode: 0.01 US$ Offer Bid 7 days 0.55 0.45 1 month 0.60 0.50 2 months 0.80 0.60 3 months 0.90 0.70 6 months 1.25 1.05 9 months 1.45 1.25 12
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        Lock icon GOVERNMENT SECURITIES
        67 9 Sep 1 GOVERNMENT BONDS Period Issue Coupon Maturity Close Day's code rate Bid High Low 2-Year NY*****A 4.000 01-Sep-18 106.25 106.29 106.28 5-Year NX*****X 2.250 01-Jun-21 104.24 104.45 104.25 10-Year NX*****F 2.125 01-Jun-26 103.09 103.45 103.20 15-Year NZ*****F 2.875 01-Sep-30 109.81 109.95 109.85 20-Year NZ*****X 2.250 01-Aug-36 101.76
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    • AGRI METALS ENERGY
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        Lock icon COMMODITY FUTURES
        250 9 Aug-31 Price Net change change Last Trade Agricultural Aug-31 CBOT Soybeans (US cents/bu) 960.00 -5.50 -0.57% 14/09/2016 CBOT Soybean Oil (US cents/lb) 32.47 -0.26 -0.79% 14/09/2016 CBOT Wheat (US cents/bu) 361.00 -2.25 -0.62% 14/09/2016 Aug-31 LIFFE Cocoa (£/tonne) 2359.00 -2.00 -0.08% 15/09/2016 LIFFE Coffee (US$/tonne) 1793.00 13.00 0.73%
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      Lock icon SGX MAINBOARD
      1713 10 52-Wk Last Vol Day Div GrYld Net MCap High Low Company Sale +/-(’000) High Low C’vr P/Ep $mil Company Last Sale Vol ('000) High Day 149 127 AIMSAMP Cap Reit 139.5 unch 355 141 139.5 0.9 8.1 889 Div 144 101 ARA Asset Mgmt 137 +0.5 624 138
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      Lock icon SGX CATALIST
      211 10 52-Wk Last Vol Day Div GrYld Net MCap High Low Company Sale +/-(’000) High Low C’vr P/E Last vol Day Div GrYld Net MCap High Low 45 29.5 t Advancer Global 44cd +1 3211 45 42 17.5 76.2 Sale (’000) High Low C'vr P/E 10.3 8.8 9.9 61
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      Lock icon SGX ETF
      150 10 52-Wk Last Vol Day Div GrYld Net MCap High Low Counter Sale +/-(’000) High Low C’vr P/E Counter Last Sale vol 3211 2355 DBXT China50 US$ US3101 -3 4 3122 3101 8.5 116.2 97.5 DBXT MS SING US$ US113 -3.2 79 113 113 5.7 Day 1357 995 DBXT
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  • BANKING & FINANCE
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      Lock icon US banks setting sky-high ceilings for director pay
      860 12 The caps primarily serve to fend off potential shareholder lawsuits rather than control the pace of pay increases REUTERS New York OVER the past two years, a growing number of US banks have capped their directors’ earnings, but the ceilings are so
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      Lock icon Deutsche Bank, Commerzbank held talks in Aug on tie-up: source
      751 12 REUTERS Frankfurt TOP executives of Deutsche Bank and Commerzbank held talks on a potential combination of Germany’s two biggest banks last month, a source familiar with the matter said on Wednesday. However, the two lenders have shelved the project as
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      Lock icon China wealth management products rise to record 26.3 trillion yuan
      380 12 BLOOMBERG Shanghai CHINESE households, companies and banks held a record 26.3 trillion yuan (S$ 5.4 trillion) of wealth management products (WMPs) as at June 30, underscoring risks to an increasingly leveraged financial system from an explosion in shadow banking. The
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      Lock icon Aussie parliament rejects sweeping probe into banks
      286 12 REUTERS Sydney AUSTRALIA announced a limited inquiry into bank misconduct on Wednesday although a motion for a more sweeping investigation into the scan-dal-ridden financial system was narrowly defeated by the government in parliament. The latest inquiry targeting mistreatment of small business customers is
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  • ENERGY & COMMODITIES
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      630 13 Oil minister says Saudis aren’t concerned about global demand in spite of drop in prices and slower economy BLOOMBERG Kuwait SAUDI Arabia, the world’s biggest oil exporter, won’t boost output to capacity and flood the market, the kingdom’s energy
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      405 13 BLOOMBERG Bangkok ENERGY Absolute Pcl, Thailand’s biggest renewable energy company by market value, is seeking about 15 billion baht (S$590 million) of loans from domestic lenders to finance the construction of a new wind-power project. The Bangkok-based company has
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      517 13 BLOOMBERG Singapore IRON ore faces renewed pressure and prices may sink back below US$50 a tonne before year-end as rising supply offsets an improvement in Chinese demand, according to Clarksons Platou Securities Inc, which dubbed the raw material its least favourite commodity. There
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      67 13 INSPIRELEADSERVEDARE HERO NOMINATE YOURLOCAL Do you know someone or a group whose inspiring or extraordinary acts have made the local community a better place? The Straits Times Singaporean Of The Year Award seeks to honour the positive impact made by this person or group and celebrate the triumph of the
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  • TECHNOLOGY
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      Lock icon Silicon Valley dream collapses in fraud allegations
      1013 14 WrkRiot begins unravelling in highly public fashion with former head of marketing exposing chaos at startup NYT San Francisco LIKE so many bright, young entrepreneurs these days, Isaac Choi arrived here last year, set up shop and promised employees that he would lead
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      394 14 With up to four days of battery life, the Gear S3 Frontier and Classic are due to go on sale by year-end REUTERS Berlin SAMSUNG Electronics unveiled two new smartwatches on Wednesday which boast a range of digital features while also
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      Lock icon Hutchison, VimpelCom win EU approval for phone merger
      340 14 BLOOMBERG Milan CK Hutchison Holdings Ltd and VimpelCom Ltd have won European Union approval for a merger creating Italy’s largest wireless provider after they agreed to help a smaller rival, Iliad SA, become the country’s fourth mobile carrier. EU Competition Commissioner Margrethe
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      256 14 BLOOMBERG Washington DROPBOX Inc confirmed on Wednesday that a data breach discovered and disclosed in 2012 was bigger than previously known and according to one report could involve almost 69 million accounts. The cloud-storage company said that it reset the
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  • REAL ESTATE
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      Lock icon Victoria Park Villas semi-Ds priced at S$4.4m to S$7.6m
      875 15  -  Project could have gone for a million dollars more each in better market conditions, says CapitaLand S’pore CEO By Lynette Khoo lynkhoo@sph.com.sg @LynetteKhooBT IN what is the only prime landed site to be awarded by the government since 1996, CapitaLand is
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      600 15 REUTERS London PROPERTY investors are buying into student flats, health centres and care homes, favouring their long leases and steady tenants over retail and offices which have been hit by Britain’s vote to quit the European Union. Buying of so-called alternative or specialist property has
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      Lock icon Manhattan luxury-condo builders fighting glut
      1244 16 They are altering sales plans and making behind-the-scenes deals in an attempt to create momentum at their projects before an onslaught of even more competition BLOOMBERG New York PROSPECTIVE buyers at one Upper East Side condo project are quietly being offered a 5 per cent
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      1813 17 LONGGHEER (Company Registration No. *****) (Incorporated in Bermuda) NOTICE OF SPECIAL GENERAL MEETING NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that a Special General Meeting (“SGM”) of Longcheer Holdings Limited (“Company”) will be held at Courtyard 03, Oasia Hotel, 8 Sinaran Drive, Singapore *****0 on 26 September 2016 at 10:30 a.m. for the
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  • CONSUMER
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      889 18 Firm urges FDA to approve Teva’s generic devices only if they were truly equivalent and wouldn’t confuse patients BLOOMBERG Washington THE lack of a cheaper version of Mylan NV’s EpiPen shot may come down to a dispute between drugmakers over a
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      307 18 NYT Washington THE Food and Drug Administration announced on Wednesday that it would require its toughest warning labels to caution patients against taking opioid painkillers together with benzodiazepines, such as Xanax and Valium. The combination makes an overdose more likely and the warning
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      336 18 REUTERS Chicago FOR the second year in a row, Wal-Mart Stores Inc will begin its holiday layaway programme two weeks early, hoping for a head start to the year-end shopping season and a repeat of last year’s strong toy sales
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      Lock icon Uniqlo makes biggest South-east Asia bet as CEO looks abroad
      420 18 Clothing chain is opening its largest store in region in Singapore amid flagging profits at its parent BLOOMBERG Singapore CASUAL clothing chain Uniqlo is taking its biggest chance in South-east Asia. The unit of Fast Retailing Co is opening a
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      34 18 NEW INDIANS, OLD INDIANS HuM Theatre launches sequel to We Are Like This Only Accidental marathoner is India’s best at Rio Olympics GET YOUR COPY TODAY TO ADVERTISE: CALL KALWANT (*****327) OR NISHAL (*****438)
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  • TRANSPORT
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      Lock icon Takata truck blast revives concerns over airbag propellant
      904 20 The incident raises questions about the inherent instability of ammonium nitrate BLOOMBERG Washington CRITICS of the embattled airbag manufacturer Takata Corp said that last week’s deadly explosion of a truck carrying parts to its Mexican factory underscores questions about the safety of
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      Lock icon Scheduled passenger flights to Cuba resume – now with jets
      1036 20 Scheduled passenger flights to Cuba resume now with jets NYT Fort Lauderdale, Florida AMID live Cuban music, fresh guava pastries and a water cannon salute, the first scheduled passenger jet service in history between Cuba and the United States kicked off on Wednesday with a 9.45am flight from here to
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      Lock icon Call for stronger UK response to Volkswagen’s emission scam
      349 20 REUTERS London THE British government should take a tougher stance against Volkswagen (VW) after its emissions fraud, as well as increase the use of electric cars and reduce air pollution from transport, a parliamentary environment committee said on Thursday. Almost a
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      Lock icon Audi may extend rent-by-hour service to mainland China
      306 20 BLOOMBERG Hong Kong BEIJING residents may soon be able to rent Audi cars by the hour with the tap of a smartphone, as the German luxury carmaker has rolled out the service in Hong Kong and considers introducing the service to cities
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  • OPINION
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      Lock icon Malaysia Inc needs to redefine its talent proposition to draw calibre
      556 22 EDITORIAL THE recent move by Malaysian telco Axiata Group to appoint a German national to head its homegrown unit Celcom has predictably reignited a debate that every now and then tends to stunt Malaysia Inc’s progress. Why wasn’t a
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      Lock icon Developing world set to get charter cities boost
      731 22  -  THE BOTTOM LINE By Marsha Vande Berg T The writer is a distinguished career fellow at Stanford University and a member of the Official Monetary and Financial Institutions Forum Advisory Board OMFIF PAUL Romer, a respected economics professor known for his unorthodox
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      1755 22  -  The upcoming debates between Hillary Clinton and Donald Trump would be yuge television hits, but very few people are willing to bet on a winner in these media spectacles By Leon Hadar LET’S call them the Every-one-Knew (EK) who-was-go-ing-to-win US presidential elections when
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      835 23  -  COMMENTARY By Eugene Chng T The writer is director of regional sales, APAC at Hyland ASIA’S insurance industry has grown in recent years as consumers become increasingly risk averse. But the insurance industry has always suffered some image problems, being perceived in a
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      772 23  -  By Anthony Rowley FOREIGN businessmen intending to set up shop in Japan can be sure of a formal welcome from Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, who is eager to attract more foreign investment to the country. A welcome mat will also be laid
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      1079 23  -  With China now its chair, the organisation’s international prominence is only likely to grow after the Sept 4-5 summit. BY ANDREW HAMMOND BY ANDREW HAMMOND T The writer is an associate at LSE Ideas (the Centre for international Affairs, Diplomacy and
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  • CITY LIFE
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      Lock icon By the people, for the people
      922 24  -  We The People is one of the first stores in Asia and the first in Singapore to exclusively sell products funded with Kickstarter. BY AVANTI NIM BY AVANTI NIM avantin@sph.com.sg HOW many times have you sighed at the quality of your online order and
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        224 24  -  By Tay Suan Chiang T A Design Film Festival 2016 takes place on Sept 3 and 4 at Capitol Theatre and from Sept 9-11 at Shaw Theatres LIDO. Tickets are available online at www.designfilmfestival.com at S$15 each FILM A Design Film Festival 2016 A Design Film Festival
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        198 24  -  FILM By Dylan Tan CULT Australian singer-songwriter Nick Cave launches his new album Skeleton Tree next week with a one-off screening of the documentary One More Time With Feeling (below). Directed by Andrew Dominik (The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford, 2007),
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        Lock icon Time Between us by Fernando Rubio, with Oliver Chong
        270 24  -  THEATRE By Helmi Yusof FROM Sept 7, Oliver Chong will inhabit a small wooden house on Marina Bay Sands event plaza (right) for five days. He will play a man who is “taking a vacation from himself”, as the actor put
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        147 24  -  DINING By 13% Rachel Loi FANS of the wine-pairing bar 13% Gastro Wine at Aliwal Street now have another watering hole to check out the newly-opened 13% Gastro Wine Killiney. 13% Gastro Wine Killiney will have a vertical garden outdoor area, and like its original outlet,
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        217 24  -  EXHIBITION By Cheah Ui-Hoon POP in for 30 minutes and feel the works of Singaporean artist Chng Seok Tin (right) in the dark using all your senses except for sight. You will be guided by professionally trained visually impaired facilitators, as you touch, hear, smell and taste
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  • WINE/ARTS
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      Lock icon In the lap of luxeury
      274 25  -  By Avanti Nim avantin@sph.com.sg LUXURY watches and fine wines paired with a sumptuous meal sound like the perfect formula for a night of opulence. And that’s exactly what guests at the recent BT Luxe wine dinner held at ION Art were treated to. The four-course
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      1478 25  -  Two major shows one at NGS and the other at NIE offer a comprehensive survey of master potter Iskandar Jalil’s work in the last five decades; but for all the accolades heaped on him, the Cultural Medallion recipient sees himself as primarily
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      Lock icon Soaking in the prose on wine
      999 25  -  Reading taps the knowledge and wisdom of experienced and reliable palates. BY NK YONG WHEN exploring w i n e oft-quoted “Curit h e oft-quoted “Curiosity kills the cat” should be ignored. Rather, I go by the dictum “Taste every wine you do not
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  • ARTS
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      Lock icon Putting Shakespeare on trial
      873 26  -  SIFA festival director Ong Keng Sen returns to familiar ground with his iconoclastic take on the Bard’s Richard III. SINGAPORE INTERNATIONAL FESTIVAL OF ARTS BY HELMI YUSOF helmi@sph.com.sg @HelmiBT IN the world of Shakespearean characters, few are as reviled as Richard III. “The Crookback King”, as
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        Lock icon Paradise Interrupted
        342 26  -  Now in its fourth week, SIFA continues to push boundaries with its provocative, genre-crossing shows By Helmi Yusof composed and conducted by Huang Ruo. Directed and designed by Jennifer wen Ma. Featuring singer Qian Yi and T'ang Quartet PARADISE Interrupted, now playing at Drama Centre Theatre, takes its
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        345 26  -  By Helmi Yusof By Checkpoint Theatre, Huzir Sulaiman, Claire Wong and Antonio Vargas FEW Singapore productions this year have been as satisfying as The Last Bull: A Life In Flamenco. When the play ended, several audience members rose to their feet and roared out their appreciation. Blending
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        310 26  -  By Cheah Ui-Hoon The Sardono Retrospective THE dancers crawl into the arena-like performance space like little tortoises bodies covered with a round metal bowl, like a giant wok. After some timid moves where they traverse the floor and bob up and down like armoured bugs, there is one
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        343 26  -  By Helmi Yusof Dimitris Papaioannou CREATED by famous Greek choreographer Dimitris Papaioannou, Still Life draws inspiration from the myth of Sisyphus to comment on the current Greek crisis and its impact on the working class. Set under a huge transparent canopy of billowing smoke, the dance involves seven
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  • TV/CINEMA
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      Lock icon Taking on Hokkien TV drama Eat Already ?
      648 27  - Taking on Hokkien TV drama Eat Already Filmmaker Royston Tan had to overcome various challenges but rediscovers the dialect while working on his latest project. BY DYLAN TAN BY DYLAN TAN dylantan@sph.com.sg @DylanTanSYBT Homegrown director Royston Tan has new-found respect for his peers in television after working on his first
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      Lock icon Plenty of magic – and life lessons – in these woods
      518 27  - Plenty of magic and life lessons in these woods By Geoffrey Eu PETE’S Dragon is the family-friendly tale of a little boy and his fire-breathing pet: a winged, furry green creature with the demeanour of a devoted puppy dog, an admirable intellect but only so-so flying ability. The film, a
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      Lock icon Comedy about price of war hits target
      492 27  -  By Dylan Tan dylantan@sph.com.sg @DylanTanSYBT DESPITE being based on a true story, it’s tempting to take War Dogs with a pinch of salt as the biopic mixes social-political commentary with stoner comedy. Adapted from a Rolling Stone magazine article about two young hustlers
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      317 27 CRYPTIC CROSSWORD Across 1 Food! Change course, grabbing food, for example on the way back (10) 6 Language from jumper getting undressed (4) 10 Bound to miss the end of autumn shoot (5) 11 Uncontrollable urge isn’t a mark of identification (9) 12 High spirits of auntie, perhaps going topless
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  • BT Lifestyle
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      Lock icon CELEBRATING PAST AND PRESENT S’PORE MUSIC
      362 28  -  A smorgasbord of local singer-songwriters, old and new, awaits Mosaic Music Weekend festival-goers By Dylan Tan NO other music festival in Singapore can claim to be as adventurous as Esplanade’s Mosaic. One of Singapore’s oldest and most-loved multi-genre fest, it is known for its
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      Lock icon Rock ‘n’ roll with a sensual twist
      639 28  -  By Dylan Tan dylantan@sph.com.sg @DylanTanSYBT LIKE Leslie Low, you never know where Cherie Ko will pop up next. In addition to playing lead guitar for retro-pop group Obedient Wives Club, she has dabbled in numerous side-projects over the years, including minimalist-rock trio Bored
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      Lock icon Indie icon set to revisit his musical past
      531 28  -  By Dylan Tan dylantan@sph.com.sg @DylanTanSYBT LESLIE Low is no stranger to fans of local indie music, having performed in various bands since the early 90s. From folk rockers Humpback Oak to the electro-pop duo Twang Bar Kings which reunited for a one-off
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      Lock icon Singing through her troubles
      623 28  -  By Avanti Nim avantin@sph.com.sg LIKE the rest of us, singer-songwriter Suhui Hee frequently gets bogged down by the doldrums. But what sets her apart is that she channels that rage and frustration into her music. The 25-year-old says: “When I write my songs, it’s a way
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